The Atlas

Barangays in Lopez Jaena

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Open Lopez Jaena

Barangays in Lopez Jaena, at a glance

Barangays: 28^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 25,806^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 0 urban^[4]; 28 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Eastern Poblacion^[5]; Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental; 3,065 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Alegria^[6]; Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental; about 9.74 km²
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 9 barangays^[7]

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

28 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Lopez Jaena, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Eastern PoblacionLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	3,065	about 3,035	about 1.01 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
2	PuntodLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	2,950	about 754	about 3.91 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
3	Western PoblacionLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,926	about 1,482	about 1.30 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
4	Mansabay BajoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,779	about 1,140	about 1.56 km²	−4.81% a year	Rural
5	KatipaLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,530	about 610	about 2.51 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
6	SibulaLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,437	about 611	about 2.35 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
7	SibugonLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,410	about 470	about 3.00 km²	3.29% a year	Rural
8	RizalLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,182	about 415	about 2.85 km²	3.79% a year	Rural
9	BiasongLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,041	about 1,282	about 0.812 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
10	Jasa-anLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,008	about 413	about 2.44 km²	4.17% a year	Rural
11	Mansabay AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	1,000	about 508	about 1.97 km²	4.00% a year	Rural
12	AlegriaLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	923	about 95	about 9.74 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
13	Molatuhan BajoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	923	about 483	about 1.91 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
14	Molatuhan AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	768	about 373	about 2.06 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
15	DampalanLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	663	about 129	about 5.12 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
16	Macalibre AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	613	about 145	about 4.22 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
17	LuzaranLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	584	about 195	about 3.00 km²	3.79% a year	Rural
18	BurgosLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	411	about 109	about 3.77 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
19	ManguehanLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	395	about 53	about 7.42 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
20	DalaconLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	313	about 66	about 4.72 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
21	Don Andres SorianoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	313	about 79	about 3.95 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
22	MahayahayLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	303	about 82	about 3.69 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
23	EstanteLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	296	about 83	about 3.56 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
24	Bagong SilangLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	279	about 33	about 8.47 km²	−6.18% a year	Rural
25	BonifacioLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	238	about 54	about 4.44 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
26	Macalibre BajoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	220	about 42	about 5.25 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
27	PenielLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	168	about 19	about 8.98 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
28	MabasLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	68	about 7	about 9.55 km²	1.46% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

See something wrong on this page? Write to hello@scene.ph with the page address. We check every report against the source.